Many helped a lady in park-and-ride distress

I would like to thank all those who helped me on June 4 at the park-and-ride in South Beach.

I got off the expess bus on that day at 4 p.m. only to find that my car was triple-parked in.

I called the 120th Police Precinct, 311, the Parks Department and Councilman James Oddo's office.

Donna, who works in Mr. Oddo's office, took my cell-phone number and called me periodically to see what kind of progress I was making while she was doing what she could from her end.

She was very nice and very sympathetic. The police department sent a sector car. The two policemen, whose names I didn't think to ask for at the time, were also very smpathetic as they explained to me that they couldn't have the cars towed because I was in a public parking area.

They wrote tickets to all the numbskulls who blocked in cars. They then went further down Father Capadano Boulevard to a Parks Department station to see if they might be able to help.

In the meantime, I saw a Parks Department employee on the boardwalk (Sergeant Amaning) and waved him down. He came over and also explained about the towing. He, too, wrote tickets and put them on the offending cars.

The police returned and let me know that they spoke with someone at the Parks Department station and they were sending someone over.

When they arrived they spoke with Mr. Amaning and the police and I believe that they were trying to work something out about getting the cars towed.

At this point, the woman who was legally parked in front of me got off the bus and I was able to get my car out.

So to Donna, Sgt. Amaning, the two police officers from the 120 Precinct and the two other Parks Department employees, I would like to say thank you for your help and your kindness.

To the nitwit who blocked me in, because of your thoughtlessness, I had to stand in the parking lot for two hours waiting to get my car out.

I was leaving for a long weekend on that day. I skipped my lunch hour and left my office an hour and a half early so that I could get an early start onmy three-hour drive. Thanks to you, that didn't happen.

Unfortunately, we cannot do anything to improve the level of intelligence or consideration of those who so thoughtlessly blocked several people in, but perhaps we can do something to improve the conditions of the park-and-ride so that something like this cannot happen again?